How Can I Find a Hospice Program?
To find a [tag]hospice program[/tag], you can call your [tag]State Hospice Organizations[/tag] or the social worker in your loved one’s nursing home. The hospice you pick must be Medicare-approved to get Medicare payment. To find out if a hospice program is Medicare-approved, ask your doctor, the hospice program, your State Hospice Organization, social worker, or your State Health Department. You have the right to change [tag]hospice[/tag] providers only once during each period of care.
To get more information:
1. Call national hospice associations or see their websites.
[tag]National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization[/tag] (NHPCO)
1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 625
Alexandria, VA 22314
1-800-658-8898
www.nhpco.org
Hospice Association of America
228 7th Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
1-202-546-4759
www.hospice-america.org
2. Call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). TTY users should call 1-877-486-2048.
3. Look at www.medicare.gov on the web.
* At the time of this article, the phone numbers are correct. To get the most up-to-date information, call 1-800-MEDICARE or look up www.medicare.gov.
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